About the Author

Philip Pullman is the author of numerous children's books, and most
famously the trilogy His Dark Materials, popular with both children
and adults. His Dark Materials has been adapted for the stage and
performed at the National Theatre, London in 2003 and 2004. The
first part of the trilogy, The Golden Compass, was released as a
film in 2007 starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman.

Reviews

Pullman sagely advises the uninitiated to put sound before sense,
allowing the power of Milton's music to work its magic. Wall Street
Journal